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 * Copyright (c) 2008, Andrew Carter
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package com.acarter.propertytable.cellrenderer;

import javax.swing.table.DefaultTableCellRenderer;

import com.acarter.propertytable.propertyobject.StringPropertyObject;

/**
 * This class defines how the property table displays a StringPropertyObject. Without this renderer 
 * you would only see a string with the value of the objects class name and memory location (garbage to us).
 * This tells the table to show the string value of the text object, or whatever is returned by the getValue() 
 * of the listener. For more detailed information, read up on JTables and cell renderers.
 * 
 * @author Carter
 * 
 */
public class StringRenderer extends DefaultTableCellRenderer {

	/**	 */
	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

	/**
	 * Defines what is displayed in the table for this value.
	 */
	@Override
	public void setValue(Object value) {

		if (value instanceof StringPropertyObject) {

			StringPropertyObject sto = (StringPropertyObject)value;

			setText(sto.getValue());
		} 
		else
			setText("");
	}
}
